#BBBAB4#BBBAB4

#BBBAB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.008 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAB4
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(51, 5%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -0.74, 3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 3.25, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0013 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.008 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2894, 48.9780, 50.1863)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAB4 #B4B5BB

analogous

#BBB7B4 #BBBAB4 #B9BBB4

triadic

#BBBAB4 #B4BBBA #BAB4BB

tetradic

#BBBAB4 #B4BBB7 #B4B5BB #BBB4B9

square

#BBBAB4 #B4BBB7 #B4B5BB #BBB4B9

split-complementary

#BBBAB4 #B4B9BB #B7B4BB

monochromatic

#807F74 #9E9C94 #BBBAB4 #D8D8D4 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BBBAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAB4

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAB4	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.008 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceca',
    500: '#bbbab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbab4;
$custom-light: #cfceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 4.895,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78799,
    "c": 0.00843,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAB4

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#5F8F57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAB4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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